Ernest Frank Broomfield (1881 - 1954)

Born 1881 in New Forest, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Emily (Feltham) Broomfield — married 1908 in Lymington, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Died 1954 at about age 73 in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Ernest Broomfield was born in New Forest, Hampshire, England.

Ernest was born in 1881 in New Forest, Hampshire, England.^[1] He was the son of Charles Broomfield and Lucy Stote.

The 1891 England and Wales Census shows Ernest living with his parents, seven siblings and uncle in Emery Down, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England.^[2] He was nine years old.

The 1901 England and Wales Census shows Ernest living with his parents and five siblings in Emery Down, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England.^[3] He was 19 years old and was working as a Garden Labourer.

In 1908 Ernest married Emily Feltham in Lymington, Hampshire, England.^[4] He was 27 years old.

Ernest's father Charles passed away in 1908 in Fareham, Hampshire, England. He was 68 years old.

The 1911 England and Wales Census shows the couple and son Reginald living in Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.^[5] Ernest was 29 years old and was working as a Builders Labourer.

Ernest passed away in 1954 in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England.^[6] He was 72 years old.

Research Notes

Unconfirmed date of birth: 05 JUN 1881.
Unconfirmed date of baptism: 18 JUL 1881.

Sources

1. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content : accessed 4 August 2020), database entry for Broomfield, Frank (Mother’s maiden surname: Stote), GRO Reference: 1881 S Quarter in NEW FOREST, Volume 02B Page 666.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4QTD-26Z : 3 May 2019), Ernest F Broomfield in household of Charles Broomfield, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Hampshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSXC-4FS : 20 May 2019), Earnest Broomfield in household of Charles Broomfield, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Lyndhurst subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "Marriage Entry" (https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=7YKHC2x6Bbj0bWYeE2ybDw&scan=1) FreeBMD.org; database online. Citing: Ernest Frank Broomfield and Emily Feltham, Marriages 1908 Jun Quarter District: Lymington Vol: 2b Page: 1331. (accessed 20 Aug 2020)
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWQ8-H2W : 4 July 2019), Earnest Broomfield, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
6. ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Death (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content: accessed 2 May 2021), database entry for Broomfield, Ernest Frank. Age at death: 72. GRO Reference: 1954 M Quarter in BASINGSTOKE, Volume 06B Page 100.